Editing Perodicticinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of primates}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = ArctocebusCalabarensisWolf.jpg
| image_caption = [[Calabar angwantibo]], ''Arctocebus calabarensis''
| taxon = Perodicticinae
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1870
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = ''[[Perodicticus]]''<br> ''[[Arctocebus]]''<br>
}}

'''Perodicticinae''' is a subfamily of the family [[Lorisidae]]. It includes five species of [[Africa]]n [[primate]]s as shown under taxonomy below. 

They have a vestigial tail and index finger. The snout is pointed and the ears and eyes are large. The [[fur|coat]] is dense, brown and woolly.

==Taxonomy==
* Family [[Lorisidae]]<ref name="Mittermeier_etal2013">{{cite book | editor1-last = Mittermeier | editor1-first = Russell A. | editor1-link = Russell A. Mittermeier | editor2-first = Anthony B. | editor2-last = Rylands | editor3-first = Don E. | editor3-last = Wilson  | editor3-link = Don E. Wilson | title = Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates | publisher = Lynx Edicions | location = Barcelona | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-84-96553-89-7}}</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|id=943802|taxon=Perodicticinae|access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5651212 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212|access-date=2021-11-08}}</ref>
** '''Subfamily Perodicticinae'''
*** Genus ''[[Arctocebus]]''
**** [[Calabar angwantibo]], ''Arctocebus calabarensis''
**** [[Golden angwantibo]], ''Arctocebus aureus''
*** Genus ''[[Perodicticus]]''
**** [[Central African potto]], ''Perodictitus edwardsi''
****[[East African potto]], ''Perodicticus ibeanus''
****[[West African potto]], ''Perodicticus potto''
** Subfamily [[Lorisinae]]
The [[false potto]] (''Pseudopotto martini'') is now thought to be a misidentified individual of a ''[[Potto|Perodicticus]]'' species.<ref name=":0">{{Cite mdd|title=''Perodicticus potto'' (P. L. S. Müller, 1766)|id=1001074|access-date=2021-11-08}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite iucn|author=Svensson, M. |author2= Pimley, E. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |title= ''Perodicticus edwardsi'' |page=e.T136852A91996061 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136852A91996061.en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Lorises and galagos]]
[[Category:Primates of Africa]]
[[Category:Mammal subfamilies]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]
[[Category:Taxa described in 1870]]


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